Nye County, Nevada
Sedan Crater
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
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Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Three Rivers, California
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
Earlimart, California
A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.
Tulare, California
A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.
Morro Bay, California
A wealth of seafaring history displayed on the California coast.
Porterville, California
The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.
Bakersfield, California
Get your footwear fixed inside a 30-foot-long shoe built by an obsessive cobbler in 1947.
Cantil, California
Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.
Randsburg, California
This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.
Inyo County, California
Smooth basaltic rocks tell a tale of ancient glacial waterfalls.
Bodfish, California
This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
Agua Dulce, California
Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.
Palmdale, California
See four top-secret US spy aircraft of the Cold War era, including the legendary SR-71 Blackbird and the A-12 Oxcart.
Hi Vista, California
The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.
Barstow, California
Colorful sedimentary rock layers provide opportunities both for hiking and photography.
Edwards Air Force Base, California
These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.
Edwards Air Force Base, California
Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.
Bodfish, California
One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.
Olancha, California
A charming easy-to-miss sculpture garden filled with whimsical and thought-provoking metal sculptures.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.
Big Bear Lake, California
In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.
Riverside, California
This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.